Ran Yan

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
156 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Ran Yan is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ran Yan has authored 156 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Ocean Engineering, 44 papers in Environmental Engineering and 42 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ran Yan's work include Maritime Navigation and Safety (49 papers), Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency (42 papers) and Maritime Ports and Logistics (38 papers). Ran Yan is often cited by papers focused on Maritime Navigation and Safety (49 papers), Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency (42 papers) and Maritime Ports and Logistics (38 papers). Ran Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Singapore. Ran Yan's co-authors include Shuaian Wang, Lu Zhen, Yuquan Du, Harilaos N. Psaraftis, Dan Zhuge, Xiaobo Qu, Kjetil Fagerholt, Mingyang Zhang, Zhuang Hu and Lin Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ran Yan

143 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ran Yan China	27	867	821	741	425	282	156	2.4k
Yaqing Shu China	27	515 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	482 0.7×	261 0.6×	174 0.6×	87	2.2k
Christos A. Kontovas United Kingdom	21	1.5k 1.7×	921 1.1×	1.5k 2.0×	168 0.4×	607 2.2×	51	2.7k
Xiaoli Jiang China	27	446 0.5×	345 0.4×	193 0.3×	533 1.3×	133 0.5×	146	2.3k
Hui Chen China	27	445 0.5×	308 0.4×	130 0.2×	344 0.8×	315 1.1×	175	2.9k
Wenyuan Wang China	24	618 0.7×	296 0.4×	763 1.0×	108 0.3×	183 0.6×	123	1.8k
Peilin Zhou United Kingdom	29	1.1k 1.3×	406 0.5×	265 0.4×	383 0.9×	420 1.5×	104	2.1k
Yi Zhang China	31	363 0.4×	156 0.2×	145 0.2×	375 0.9×	206 0.7×	277	3.3k
Ingrid Bouwer Utne Norway	37	459 0.5×	1.7k 2.1×	296 0.4×	456 1.1×	96 0.3×	150	3.9k
Carlos Ocampo‐Martínez Spain	34	493 0.6×	443 0.5×	151 0.2×	280 0.7×	505 1.8×	243	4.6k
Hossein Enshaei Australia	20	491 0.6×	310 0.4×	119 0.2×	173 0.4×	319 1.1×	86	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ran Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ran Yan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran Yan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ran Yan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ran Yan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ran Yan. Ran Yan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Laifu, Yating Sun, Ran Yan, et al.. (2025). Role of AQP1 in the Ameliorating Effect of Electroacupuncture in a Rodent Model of Visceral Hypersensitivity. Digestive Diseases and Sciences. 71(1). 155–171.

Hu, Liu, et al.. (2025). The composite edible film of sodium alginate and natamycin maintained color of pedicel and calyx of tomato fruit. Postharvest Biology and Technology. 222. 113413–113413. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Lang, et al.. (2025). Is international shipping in right direction towards carbon emissions control?. Transport Policy. 166. 189–201. 10 indexed citations

Yan, Ran, et al.. (2025). Optimizing prediction models by considering different time granularity of features and target: Problem and solution. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 172. 105002–105002. 2 indexed citations

Yan, Ran, et al.. (2024). Improving ship energy efficiency: Models, methods, and applications. Applied Energy. 368. 123132–123132. 30 indexed citations

Wang, Jun, Haikun Wang, Zhu Liu, et al.. (2024). Influence of extreme 2022 heatwave on megacities' anthropogenic CO2 emissions in lower-middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175605–175605. 2 indexed citations

Yan, Ran, et al.. (2024). Warm Early Summer Compensated Reduction in Photosynthesis Caused by 2022 Late Summer Extreme Drought Over the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 129(1). 3 indexed citations

Yang, Ying, Ran Yan, & Shuaian Wang. (2024). An efficient ranking-based data-driven model for ship inspection optimization. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 165. 104731–104731. 5 indexed citations

Yan, Ran, et al.. (2024). Predicting vessel service time: A data-driven approach. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 62. 102718–102718. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Jun, Ran Yan, Guoxiong Wu, et al.. (2023). Unprecedented decline in photosynthesis caused by summer 2022 record-breaking compound drought-heatwave over Yangtze River Basin. Science Bulletin. 68(19). 2160–2163. 42 indexed citations

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Chen, Jingxu, et al.. (2023). A decentralized federated learning-based spatial–temporal model for freight traffic speed forecasting. Expert Systems with Applications. 238. 122302–122302. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Weihua, et al.. (2023). Analysis of pedestrian illegal crossing at unmarked segments: Environmental factors, pedestrian characteristics and crossing behaviours. Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. 99. 339–355. 4 indexed citations

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Yan, Ran, Jianxiang Feng, Tao Fu, et al.. (2023). Spatial variation of organic carbon storage and aggregate sizes in the sediment of the Zhangjiang mangrove ecosystem. CATENA. 234. 107545–107545. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Qiuwang, et al.. (2023). Numerical study of vanadium redox flow battery with gradient porosity induced by electrode compression. Journal of Energy Storage. 72. 108465–108465. 3 indexed citations

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Yan, Ran, et al.. (2023). An extended smart “predict, and optimize” (SPO) framework based on similar sets for ship inspection planning. Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review. 173. 103109–103109. 22 indexed citations

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Yan, Ran, et al.. (2023). Comparison of deterministic and ensemble weather forecasts on ship sailing speed optimization. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 121. 103801–103801. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Haoqing, Ran Yan, Man Ho Au, Shuaian Wang, & Yong Jin. (2023). Federated learning for green shipping optimization and management. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 56. 101994–101994. 29 indexed citations

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Du, Ruikun, Laura Cooper, Ran Yan, et al.. (2023). Sulforaphane is a reversible covalent inhibitor of 3‐chymotrypsin‐like protease of SARS‐CoV‐2. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(3). e28609–e28609. 7 indexed citations

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Yan, Ran, et al.. (2023). Classification and regression in prescriptive analytics: Development of hybrid models and an example of ship inspection by port state control. Computers & Operations Research. 163. 106517–106517. 5 indexed citations

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Yan, Ran, et al.. (2023). Spatial variation and mechanism of the dissolved/particulate organic carbon partitioning of seawater adjacent to the mangrove in Zhangjiang Estuary. Journal of Sea Research. 197. 102466–102466. 2 indexed citations

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